³Judah had five sons in all. By his wife Bathshua, a Canaanite, he had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. His eldest son, Er, was so evil that the Lord killed him. ⁴By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.

⁵Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul. ⁶His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. ⁷^*Achan^b son of Carmi, one of Zerah’s descendants, brought disaster on the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.

⁸Ethan had one son, Azariah.

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⁹Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

¹⁰The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah), ¹¹Salmon, Boaz, ¹²Obed, and Jesse.

¹³Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah, ¹⁴Nethanel, Raddai, ¹⁵Ozem, and David. ¹⁶He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail.

Jesse’s daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.

The Descendants of Hezron

¹⁸Hezron’s son Caleb married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. She had^c three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur. ²⁰Hur’s son was Uri, and his grandson was Bezalel.

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Footnotes

bachan: This is his name in Josh 7:1. The Hebrew text here calls him “Achar”, which means “disaster”.
cSome ancient translations had a daughter … . She had; Hebrew unclear.

Cross references

*2.7: Js 7:1